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Interview: Matt Hancock MP

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Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Fiona Simpson speaks to the former Health Secretary about better support for dyslexic children.

Interview: Annamarie Hassall, chief executive, Nasen

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Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Nasen chief executive tells Derren Hayes about her ambitions and priorities for the role.

Interview: Natalie Perera - EPI chief on what education catch up plans need to include

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Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Derren Hayes speaks to the chief executive of the Education Policy Institute about what the government needs to do to reverse the damage to pupils' learning as a result of the pandemic.

Rebel with a cause

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Tuesday, April 3, 2012

Lauren Higgs talks to David Simmonds, chair of the LGA's children and young people board

Interview: Nick Wilson, director of children's services, Surrey Council Council

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Friday, June 10, 2011

Surrey's new director of children's services Nick Wilson talks to CYP Now about his attempts to cope with the coalition's ever-shifting policy landscape and the county's journey since its damning 2008 joint area review.

Interview: Kate Fallon, general secretary, Association of Educational Psychologists

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Monday, February 7, 2011

From advising parents and teachers on autism to working with children in early years settings and schools, educational psychologists carry out one of the most varied and specialist roles in children's services.

Interview: Andy Burnham, shadow education secretary

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Monday, October 25, 2010

Andy Burnham is still in migration phase, getting to grips with the role of shadow education secretary after moving from his previous brief in government on health. But the enthusiasm he holds for his new post is clear.

Interview: Baroness Beverley Hughes, Labour peer

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Friday, October 8, 2010

Beverley Hughes, the former children's minister who was awarded a peerage in May, is preparing to get stuck into her new role in the House of Lords, in which she says her old brief will be her top priority.

Interview: John Dunford, general secretary, Association of School and College Leaders

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Friday, July 23, 2010

That Education Secretary Michael Gove chose teaching union veteran John Dunford to review the role of the children's commissioner chimes with the new Department for Education's focus on all things schools.

Phyllis Dunipace, director of children's services, London Borough of Lambeth: Lambeth calling

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Monday, February 1, 2010

Phyllis Dunipace, director of children's services (DCS) in Lambeth, south London, is retiring. But her 23 years of experience in public services will not be going to waste.

The hopeful power broker - Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats

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Monday, January 25, 2010

Surrounded by fresh-faced aides and readying himself for a policy launch on a social networking website, Nick Clegg appears very much the politician intent on engaging with the younger generation.

Interview: The art of engagement - Paul Collard, chief executive, Creativity, Culture & Education

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Monday, January 18, 2010

Two years ago, The Children's Plan announced Labour's intention to set up a youth culture trust. This body would run and promote cultural activities and provide young people with a "cultural offer", equating to five hours of creative and cultural activity every week.

Paul Eeles, director of 14 to 19, Association of Learning Providers - Transfer turmoil

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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Paul Eeles, director of 14 to 19 at the Association of Learning Providers (ALP), has a lot on his plate.

Mr Pugnacious - Barry Sheerman MP, chairman, Children, Schools and Families Select Committee

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Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Barry Sheerman bridles at recent suggestions that the Children, Schools and Families Select Committee carries little influence. "Some irritating journalist said that select committees make no difference but I don't believe it," he says.

The long goodbye - Paul Clark, director of children's services, Harrow Borough Council

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Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Paul Clark longs for a work-free weekend. With seven years under his belt as director of children's services in Harrow it is not hard to see why.

The play fighter - Nick Jackson, play development manager, The Learning Trust

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Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Nick Jackson is recounting the tale of his brief flirtation with prime-time television.

Lead member supreme - Shireen Ritchie, chair of the children and young people board, LGA

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Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Shireen Ritchie's mother was adopted. So when she was elected to the council, she wanted to sit on the adoption and fostering panel.

Lifelong vocation - Vernon Coaker MP, minister for schools and learners

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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Vernon Coaker has just come out of a heated meeting in his Nottinghamshire constituency. He's been trying to placate irate shopkeepers who are up in arms about parking charges.

Local liberator: David Laws MP, spokesman for children, schools and families, Liberal Democrats

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Local authorities must be given the freedom to set their own agenda for education. That is the message from David Laws, Liberal Democrat spokesman for children, schools and families.

Interview: Happier families: Elspeth Bromiley, family therapist for children and adults, Liverpool City Council.

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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Seyi Obakin, chief executive, Centrepoint - Beyond homelessness

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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Despite numerous policy initiatives, the number of young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) has remained stubbornly high over the past decade. The latest monthly figures reveal that nearly a million young people are Neet.

Dawn Primarolo, minister for children, young people and families: Born optimist takes on the children's agenda

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Tuesday, June 23, 2009

"I feel like I've won the lottery," proclaims Dawn Primarolo, the new minister for children, young people and families.

Save the parents - Simon Milligan, parent support adviser, Durham Community Business College

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Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Simon Milligan faces a tough challenge: to change entrenched attitudes among the parents of children attending the Durham secondary school where he works and its six feeder primaries.

Laura Denton, mum, Le Cateau Community Primary School - The great breakfast club

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Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Danny Denton, from Catterick Garrison in Yorkshire, is a typical seven-year-old boy.

Investor in opportunity - Ian Ferguson CBE, chairman, Rathbone

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

"I'm an egalitarian Scot. I absolutely believe that you've got to provide good education and good opportunities for 100 per cent of young people," says Ferguson.

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Rebel with a cause

Interview: Nick Wilson, director of children's services, Surrey Council Council

Interview: Kate Fallon, general secretary, Association of Educational Psychologists

Interview: Andy Burnham, shadow education secretary

Interview: Baroness Beverley Hughes, Labour peer

Interview: John Dunford, general secretary, Association of School and College Leaders

Phyllis Dunipace, director of children's services, London Borough of Lambeth: Lambeth calling

The hopeful power broker - Nick Clegg, leader of the Liberal Democrats

Interview: The art of engagement - Paul Collard, chief executive, Creativity, Culture & Education

Paul Eeles, director of 14 to 19, Association of Learning Providers - Transfer turmoil

Mr Pugnacious - Barry Sheerman MP, chairman, Children, Schools and Families Select Committee

The long goodbye - Paul Clark, director of children's services, Harrow Borough Council

The play fighter - Nick Jackson, play development manager, The Learning Trust

Lead member supreme - Shireen Ritchie, chair of the children and young people board, LGA

Lifelong vocation - Vernon Coaker MP, minister for schools and learners

Local liberator: David Laws MP, spokesman for children, schools and families, Liberal Democrats

Interview: Happier families: Elspeth Bromiley, family therapist for children and adults, Liverpool City Council.

Seyi Obakin, chief executive, Centrepoint - Beyond homelessness

Dawn Primarolo, minister for children, young people and families: Born optimist takes on the children's agenda

Save the parents - Simon Milligan, parent support adviser, Durham Community Business College

Laura Denton, mum, Le Cateau Community Primary School - The great breakfast club

Investor in opportunity - Ian Ferguson CBE, chairman, Rathbone

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